Ibn Sina Hospital
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| Ibn Sina Hospital مستشفى إبن سينا | |
|---|---|
| Iraq Ministry of Health | |
 Ibn Sina Hospital during Operation Iraqi Freedom | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Baghdad, Iraq |
| Coordinates | 33°18′38″N 44°24′18″E / 33.310654°N 44.404968°E |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | Public hospital |
| Type | Teaching |
| History | |
| Opened | 1964 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Iraq |
Ibn Sina Hospital is a
Baath Party elite. Uday Hussein was hospitalized there after being wounded in a failed assassination attempt in 1997.[2]
History
The Ibn Sina Hospital in Baghdad was named for the Persian physician Ibn Sina (also known as Avicenna). It was established by four Iraqi physicians in 1964 and became one of the best hospitals in Baghdad. It was seized by Saddam Hussein in 1974 for his own personal and family use.[3]
During
trauma
cases per month.
On 1 October 2009, the hospital was officially handed back to the Government of Iraq as part of the US military drawdown from Baghdad.[4]
The Ibn Sina was made famous through the widely viewed HBO documentary 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), and was one of several Army hospital units to staff the hospital.
See also
- Avicenne Hospital in Paris
References
- ^ "U.S. Military ER in Baghdad Handed Back to Iraq". Fox News. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Saddam's Sons". CBS News. June 9, 1997.
- ^ Edgar, Erin P. Col, US Army (September 2009). Baghdad ER Revisited (PDF). p. 3.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "The hospital that treated friend and foe". NY Times. October 2, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
- "Ibn Sina Teaching Hospital in Baghdad". Protenders. Retrieved December 13, 2020.